AN ITALIAN LACCA CONTRA FATTA AND LACCA POVERA BUREAU-BOOKCASE, the moulded arched cornice above a similarly shaped glazed door enclosing a red floral damask-lined interior with four serpentine-fronted shelves, above a panelled frieze drawer flanked by two further drawers and scroll-volute brackets, decorated overall with trailing foliage, courtly scenes and animals on a yellow ground, the panelled fall-front enclosing a fitted interior with four drawers around an arched well with one shelf, the central frieze drawer above a kneehole with two drawers, flanked by four further drawers between panelled pilaster strips, on stiff-leaf-headed cabriole legs and hairy claw feet, refreshments to decoration, restorations, indistinctly inscribed to the reverse